... i An Octogenarian Song Composer THE ELUSIVE PERSONALITY OF THE WRITER OF PLYMOUTH HOE AND CANADIAN GUNS THAT a lady may compose music is admitted; that a lady of eighty- two might compose music is admissible. But that a lady aged eighty-two could compose popular music, tunes which boys could hum and march to, seems wildly implausible. Vet it is true. The composer of the well-known war-song ...

... Hangiya or Female Demon A PICTURESQUE ORIENTAL NOVELTY ARRIVES IN LONDON miscio now 1/ Camera Portrait A fain Langdon Coburn The extraordinarily gifted young Japanese dnncer who is giving n series of performances of his art in Kensington during the present month. In this photogrnph by Alvin Langdon Coburn, F.R.P.S., he is seen in the guise of the Hangiya or Female Demon. Miscio ltow describes ...

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... CoO Bystander Comments BY THE EDITOR tsx J IT IS HOPED It is understood that the Local Government Board are -preparing the new Registration Bill, which it is hoped, will enfranchise the sailors and soldiers who are fighting the country's battles. It is Hoped THE most interesting part of this sentence (taken from the Times) is the phrase it is hoped. Just grasp it! An election is to take ...